Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
By 1806
Primary Source Reference:
"Walk through the Phil[adelphi]a Museum" (1805-1806), pp. 23-24
Additional Source Text:
"The singular appearance of that long strait tailed Animal strikes the attention. . . . but little known. The hair is short, close, soft and glossey. the mink, stoat & ferret are all distructive of Poultry; they kill fowls by sucking their blood, which they prefer to the flesh."
Notes:
The Museum acquired another such specimen ("a living Poto very tame they are from S. America. since dead") on 19 Sep 1812 from Sebastian Albert, Baron Von Sack (1757-1829), a German explorer and a chamberlain of Prussian nobility. He traveled to Surinam in 1805, where he made observations of the fauna, flora and local customs of the population. On his return journey back to Europe, he visited Washington D.C., Philadelphia, New York City, and Boston.He published an account of his travels, which was translated into English and published as A Narrative of a Voyage to Surinam; Of a Residence There During 1805, 1806 and 1807; And of the Author's Return to Europe by the Way of North America (London, 1810). Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 62
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Peale's Common Name:
Potto
Peale's Scientific Name:
Viverra caudivolvula
Current Common Name:
Kinkajou
Current Scientific Name
Potos flavus
